[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Accessories] lestat.1978:
Hello all,

today I finally received my 2000mAh battery from Mugen Power, bought for 59.44 € (including delivery and taxes).

The site works quite well but I had a problem when selecting the payment options, which the staff from Mugen quickly fixed.

The battery took exactly 1 week to arrive (I am in Italy).

I will update the post later with info about how long the battery lasts and if Mugen will replace the cover (which has a defect).

First impressions:

the packaging is quite good and the battery is well protected.

ALSO I did not have to use a katana to cut open the plastic box, which is good! :D

At first look the battery does look new, however the writings in the centre are sort of faded... I just hope this is not a used one.

The replacement cover has the same diamond "cut" of the original but is not made from shiny plastic but from a "matte" one. It probably looks like the same plastic used for the original HTC 1320mAh battery, but I am not sure since I don't have it.

On the whole, I like a lot how it looks and... Look ma'! No fingerprints!!! :p

First problem with the cover: the camera hole is, well, just that, a hole!

And I mean that it doesn't have a small cover lens like the original... uhmm...

Luckily the real camera lens is quite deep inside the cover, so it is not so easy to reach it with the fingers but still, a small lens would have been nice for protection against dust!

Second problem: the cover fits perfectly EXCEPT for the lower right corner (the one opposite the stylus)... You will see in the pictures what I mean.

I will write to Mugen later asking them if it is possible to have the cover replaced and let you know the answer.

In use: the telephone works fine and properly "recognise" the battery.

I tested GPS almost immediately. WORKS, and quite well too.

TomTom 7 took about 10 second to get a fix and I used it to track my itinerary from work back home and it never lost signal.

Ok, now for the pictures, I am lucky that today I have with me another Diamond (a colleague asked me to upgrade the firmware for her) for the comparison, so you can see exactly how much bigger it gets.

I also weighted both of them and compared the "big" Diamond with my old Nokia N73.

As you will see, it doesn't really get that much bigger and heavier. It is still a couple of mm thinner that the N73!

There are also a couple of pics showing the missing lens from the cover.

On the whole I feel that if Mugen replaces my cover (they DID) it was money well spent! :cool:

---------------- UPDATE 1---------------------------------------------

Mugen has quickly replied to my email saying that they are already dispatching a new cover!

They also asked if I could send them some pictures of the problem so that they can check whether this is a production defect that they can resolve in the future!

Well, I must say that I think their support is GREAT!

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---------------- UPDATE 2---------------------------------------------

First day of use:

I unplugged the phone this morning at 8 and now at midnight I miss only the first two bar in the battery indicator (I will install something that indicates percentage tomorrow).

So it ha been on for 16 hours and I sent 4 or 5 SMS, made 20 minutes of phone call, surfed the internet for 15 minutes and used GPS for 2 or three minutes. No Wi-Fi on today.

Also, the phone is constantly set in 3G (and reception is bad here so it should consume more).

This is the first full charge of the battery.

So far I am pleased... Let's see how it goes on...

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---------------- UPDATE 3---------------------------------------------

The battery lasted until Saturday at around 14:00.

I did use a bit of wi-fi during the last couple of days (about 1 hour and a half), very little gps, few SMS and about 45 minutes of phone calls.

I never turned off the phone (including during the night), so it means that the phone lasted for 4 full days and a half before needing a recharge.

Very satisfied!!!!

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---------------- UPDATE 4---------------------------------------------

Yesterday I received the new cover Mugen sent me.

It fits MUCH better than the old one. There is still a tiny (almost unnoticeable) space left in the same spot as before but it is practically invisible.

Still no cover lens but in the end I am very happy with the new cover.

How long has it been since I received the battery? 9 days? I am on the second charge since then!!!!! :cool:

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